School Buses Start to Stop

Reading Time: 3 minutesFollowing on from the impending closure of the Yellow Coaches operation in Bournemouth (albeit not the closure of Yellow Coaches Ltd) there have been some updates of late. I was quite keen for Yellow Coaches and/or XelaGroup to actually tell…

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Upcoming Changes at First Solent

Reading Time: 3 minutesNone of the timetable changes at First Solent are particularly major at the moment. Unless you include the new early morning and late night services in the Portsmouth City area, you get the odd change here, the occasional timing point…

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Bluestar Timetables Released

Reading Time: 4 minutesFollowing on from the announcement that City Red was leaving Southampton, Bluestar have been on a public relations drive to recruit passengers and drivers to a network of new replacement routes. Go South Coast have now released the timetables for…

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Yellow Coaches to Close Again

Reading Time: 3 minutesAs you were watching on Twitter and Facebook yesterday, after I received a tip in the morning from an anonymous source, it has now been confirmed that Yellow Coaches are pulling out of Bournemouth. It is a story that you…

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New Years Day 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutesHow’s the Head this morning? Wherever you chose to listen to the fireworks from, may I be the last to wish you a Happy New Year – primarily because everyone else did it between 2330 and 0030. Yes, I was…

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A Quick Year in Review

Reading Time: 9 minutesWith the New Year soon upon us it is time, of course, to reflect on the 12 months of past and the 12 months of future. Over the last 12 months, I think we have seen how hard it can…

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New Years Eve 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesWith the end of the year fast approaching; at least in some parts of the region there will be new bus services to get you home at a minute past midnight! While you are out at the local clubs and…

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Wednesday 28th to Friday 30th December

Reading Time: 2 minutesIts a normal day in the lull of Christmas, but with may people still taking their enforced Christmas week holiday buses should be full of leisure, bargain and festive passengers. With many companies taking a revised service into play, lets…

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Tuesday 27th December (Substitute Bank Holiday)

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFirst Bus Most First Bus subsidiaries across Hampshire & Dorset are running a Sunday service today. There are a very small number of exceptions to that rule though: Go South Coast Most of the buses across Bluestar, morebus and Southern…

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Boxing Day 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesHappy Full National Football Programme While Eating the Rest Of Last Years Turkey day! I know, the tradition of the rich boxing up presents to give to the poor, and giving their servants the day off to feast on Christmas…

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